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Hargeysa,
Somaliland, December 19, 2009 (SL Times) – In an article for the Somali
language newspaper Haatuf, Abdirahman Nur Ahmed (Hiiraan) drew attention
to the worsening problem of huge amounts of garbage strewn in Hargeysa’s
streets.
Abdirahman Nur Ahmed touched on the traffic congestion that the vehicles
transporting food aid from Berbera to Ethiopia had created in Hargeysa.
He also blamed much of this problem on bus conductors and their
assistants who do not park their vehicles in specific areas marked for
parking but instead park in vital city streets thus blocking traffic.
Abdirahman Nur Ahmed added that bus drivers/owners do engine work in
unauthorized areas and soil the streets with engine oil and even take
the liberty to piss in back streets.
Ahmed Yusuf Ali, a Hargeysa resident told Abdirahman Nur Ahmed, that in
stead of doing something about this terrible situation, the local
government is making things worse through its corrupt practice of
selling vital street junctures and important spots to businessmen.
Abdirahman Nur Ahmed concluded by pointing to the lack of awareness
raising programs about these issues by both the city administration and
the government controlled media, and how the only time we hear about
them is when vehicle accidents happen.
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